4/29/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 1986). [3] Id. at 147. [4] G.R. No. 176947, 19 February 2009, 580 SCRA 12. Citations omitted. [5] Id. at 23-25. [6] G.R. Nos. 193237 and 193536, 9 October 2012. Citations omitted. See also Cayat v. COMELEC, G.R. Nos. 163776 and 165736, 24 April 2007, 522 SCRA 23; and Aratea v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 195229, 9 October 2012. [7] Id. SEPARATE AND CONCURRING OPINION ABAD, J.: I fully concur with the majority but would add another argument in support of the decision. Sec. 5(2) of Republic Act 9225 provides the means by which a former Philippine citizen who has acquired foreign citizenship to later reacquire his old citizenship by complying with certain requirements. Respondent Rommel Arnado complied with these requirements for regaining Philippine citizenship but, because he wanted to run for public office, he also renounced his United States (U.S.) Citizenship when he filed his certificate of candidacy, conformably with the provisions of Republic Act 9225 that reads: (2) Those seeking elective public in the Philippines shall meet the qualification for holding such public office as required by the Constitution and existing laws and, at the time of the filing of the certificate of candidacy, make a personal and sworn renunciation of any and all foreign citizenship before any public officer authorized to administer an oath. But his compliance with the above was challenged before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) because Arnado afterwards twice used his U.S. passport in going to and coming from the U.S., the country whose citizenship he had renounced. The majority opinion amply states that by his acts, Arnado showed that he did not effectively renounce his U.S. citizenship. To this I add that he also failed to comply with the U.S. requirements for citizens wishing to renounce their citizenships. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/55820 33/49